Tuft-cleaning brush.



J. H. HILL.

TUPT CLEANING BRUSH.

APPLICATION $11,111) SBPT.4,1912.

' Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Inventor Witnesses Attorny UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HENRY HILL, OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

Torr-CLEANING nnnsn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed September 4, 1912. Serial No. 718,592.

- same, whereby the brush may be held seated within the tuft or button .portions of upholstered furniture, and While insuch position be rotated to clean the dust therefrom, a novel form of brush mounting and holding structure being provided.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which appear as the description roceeds, the invention resides in the combination and-arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spiritof the invention.

In the drawings-Figure l is a side elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles thereto, the brush, holding handle and operating handle being in section. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the brush carrying terminal of the device, and Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4.-4 of Fig. 2.

In constructing the present device, a flat stri of metal is employed and is of such a stifl iiess as not to be readily bent and has its intermediate ortion twisted as at 1 to provide a spiral? the purpose of which will presently appear. This strip or ribbon is slit as at 2, so that the outwardly bent portions 3 may be provided and bent upon themselves, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and thus provide at the extreme upper end of the strip of metal the handle receiving terminal 4, which has mounted thereon the metal sleeve 5 upon which is rotatably mounted the hand grip 6. The upper extreme end of the metal strip is slit as at 7 and has the terminals thereof bent in opposite directions to provide a means to retain the sleeve 5 and handle 6 on the oppositely projecting arms 3.

A sleeve 8 has secured at the ends thereof disks 9, and between the disks 9 and about the sleeve 8 is the hand grip 10, said hand grip 10 with the sleeve 8 and disks 9 being slidably mounted upon the spiral portion 1 of the supporting device, the disk 9 being provided with recesses 11 for the reception of the opposite edges of the spiral portion 1" of the supporting device, and thus providin a means, when the grip 10 is reciprocate back and forth, to impart rotation to the supporting means, similarly to the spiral grooved mechanism of the ratchet screw driver.

The lower end of the strip or stem is bent back into a hook 13, the lower portion 12 of the strip or stem being provided with two contiguous slots 14 extending into and terminating short of the tip of the hook. Bristles 15 are fitted tightly in the slots 14, to provide a plurality of series of tufts extending continuously along the opposite sides, and around the said end of the stem, the free ends of the tufts being expanded, so as to provide a head of the outline or contour as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.. The sides of the head will be straight, and the outer end of the head will be rounded, in order that the outer end of the head may more readily conform to the tuft portion of the upholstery.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation of the present device is readily understood, but briefly stated it is as follows :With the brush 15 inserted within the tuft or button portion of the furniture, and with the handle 6 held stationary, the hand grip 10 is reciprocated back and forth upon the spiral portion 1, thus rotating the brush l5 anfd removing the dust from the button and tu t.

What is claimed is: t p

1. In a brush, a stem having one end hooked and having a longitudinal slot extending into the hook, and bristles engaged in the slot. to provide a continuous series of tufts along the opposite sides, and around. thesaidend of thestem. I

2. In a brush, a, strip forming a stem, having one end bentint'oa hook and having a plurality of longitudinal contiguous slots extending into and terminating short of the tip of the hook, and bristles fitting in the slots, to provide a plurality of continuous series ofvtufts extending along the sides of;

I Witnesses:

free ends of the tufts being expanded.-

v In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,- I have hereto afixecl my signature in the presenceof two' witnesses.

JAMES HENRY HILL.

H. L. HERHERT, (1L. Pm;

and around the said end of the stem, the

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